MHA 2023 Workforce Innovation Awards
MHA is recognizing the outstanding work hospitals and health systems are doing to invest in their staff. These awards will celebrate achievements in workforce development, despite a difficult and changing landscape due to a variety of economic trends and ongoing effects of the pandemic. Winners will be announced at an upcoming MHA event in spring 2023.
Timeline
The nomination period will be open until Friday, March 3, 2023. A review committee comprised of MHA staff will review submissions and notify organizations about their award status in April.
How to nominate
Nominations are due by 11:59 pm on Friday, March 3. Please submit your nomination using this webform. For more information, download our nomination packet.
Award areas
MHA will present awards in three
areas: Teams/Initiatives, Leadership, and the Health Care Workforce Champion.
You may nominate as many teams/initiatives or individuals as you’d like as long
as you submit a separate nomination form for each. Read
more about all award types in the nomination packet.
Teams/Initiatives: There are four award categories for the Teams/Initiatives
area. These categories follow MHA’s workforce road map, a tool that helps Minnesota hospitals and health systems assess,
develop, and improve their workforce strategies.
- Category 1: Organizational culture,
infrastructure, and commitment
- Category 2: Pipelines and partnerships
- Category 3: Hiring and recruiting
- Category 4: Retention and resiliency
Leadership Awards: There are also four award categories for the Leadership
area. Leadership awards will recognize individual leaders who excel in one of
the following areas
- Category 1: Organizational culture,
infrastructure, and commitment
- Category 2: Pipelines and partnerships
- Category 3: Hiring and recruiting
- Category 4: Retention and resiliency
Health Care Workforce Champion: MHA
will also recognize one individual as the 2023 Health Care Workforce Champion.
Selection criteria includes the individual’s impact, innovative ideas and
practices they have championed, and other information that describes the
individual’s extraordinary commitment to workforce development.
Selection criteria
MHA greatly appreciates hearing from members about innovative ideas to address workforce challenges. Our nomination review committee will make award selections based on to what extent the nominator answers each question and the overall quality, effectiveness, and impact of the program. If you have questions about with which category your program most closely aligns, please reach out to our team.
Please direct questions to Blake Chaffee, Senior Director, Data Analytics